Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

AAI and CERDEC Sign Cooperative R+D Agreement

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) declared that they have entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) of the U.S Army.

13 Jul 2011

Barrett Technology Enters Strategic Partnership with Leeman China

Barrett Technology, a designer and manufacturer of advanced robotic manipulators, has entered into a strategic partnership with Leeman China, a supplier of mobile platforms. The partnership will cover China and Hong Kong.

13 Jul 2011

Georgia Institute of Technology Hosts ARoPability Workshop for Visually Impaired

Georgia Institute of Technology in collaboration with the WizKidz Science and Technology Centers recently presented a 2-week ARoPability workshop for the visually impaired.

13 Jul 2011

Researchers from Auckland University Prefer Kiwi Accent for Robot Voice

A voice with a New Zealand accent is being developed for robots by Dr Catherine Watson and her research team at the Auckland University. The research is based on accents perceived as trustworthy or authoritative and most easily understood by people.

13 Jul 2011

Sheet Metal Fabricator Provides Robotic Welding Services

National Metal Fabricators (NMF), a provider of custom sheet metal fabrication services for the industrial and manufacturing sectors, is offering robotic welding services.

13 Jul 2011

Space Station Crew Conducts Raffaello Robotics Work

The Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module is being lifted out of the shuttle cargo bay and attached to the Earth facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony node.

12 Jul 2011

U.S. Marine Corps Get Robots for Target Practice

The U.S. Marine Corps have new target robots to practice with and they look strangely like the Taliban. With beards, AK47s and Afghan Pakul hats the ‘Tali-bots’ have a number of features that will assist in training the Marine Corps.

12 Jul 2011

U.S. Robots Excel at RoboCup 2011

Mechanical engineers from Virginia Tech won the world cup for robotic soccer this Sunday. They were the only team to enter from the United States and they won first place in the adult sized and child sized robots categories at the RoboCup 2011.

12 Jul 2011

Cinvestav Presents Final Mex-One Humanoid

Mexican scientists have presented their final robot in the "Mex-One" humanoid project. The "social robotry" humanoid has the capability to walk and also memorize information.

12 Jul 2011

Asian Heart Institute Acquires da Vinci Robotic Si Surgical System

The Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai, India has acquired the highly advanced da Vinci Robotic Si Surgical System; this is the first hospital in Asia to have acquired the system.

12 Jul 2011